I've had a pair of bamboo shrimp in my 10g planted for 2 months now and I'm looking to make
their existence more comfortable. The planted tank houses 6 neon tetras, 2 fancy guppies, a handful of ghost shrimp and a load of mts. The trouble is, my bamboo shrimp don't seem to be getting enough food. I say this because of 2 reasons:
-I sometimes see them scavenging for food instead of filter feeding
-they have yet to turn that nice dark red color with the white stripe down their back. They're still a pale shade of brown with a whitish line down their back
-absence of any noticeable quantity of bamboo shrimp poop
What I've tried:
-dropping half of an algae wafer at night into the water
- propping up a quarter of a sinking pellet for bottom feeders between the filter media right in the path of the water current
Yes, there is enough of a current on one side of the tank, underneath which there's a rock on which the shrimp climb up to feed on a regular basis.
Any ideas?
their existence more comfortable. The planted tank houses 6 neon tetras, 2 fancy guppies, a handful of ghost shrimp and a load of mts. The trouble is, my bamboo shrimp don't seem to be getting enough food. I say this because of 2 reasons:
-I sometimes see them scavenging for food instead of filter feeding
-they have yet to turn that nice dark red color with the white stripe down their back. They're still a pale shade of brown with a whitish line down their back
-absence of any noticeable quantity of bamboo shrimp poop
What I've tried:
-dropping half of an algae wafer at night into the water
- propping up a quarter of a sinking pellet for bottom feeders between the filter media right in the path of the water current
Yes, there is enough of a current on one side of the tank, underneath which there's a rock on which the shrimp climb up to feed on a regular basis.
Any ideas?